He was killed in the accident but his partner Felicity Jessop was rushed to hospital where she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

She named him after his father.

Felicity Jessop and her newborn son Tim in Canberra Hospital. Picture: Supplied

More than 35 people have donated to a crowd funding platform set up in the wake of the fatal accident, created by Samantha Hurley who describes herself as a friend of Jessop.

“It is such a tragic that last night tim [sic] lost his life fee lost her partner an [sic] a miricle [sic] baby was brought into this world without the chance to meet his dad or his dad ever meeting him ! no one in this world desevers [sic] this,” Hurley said on the GoFundMe page.

Three people involved in the accident remain in a stable condition in hospital and ACT Policing said it was investigating the circumstances of the crash.